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Turkey says Iraq was ordered to pay compensation to Ankara in arbitration case
Turkey's Energy Ministry said on Tuesday that Iraq had been ordered by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to pay compensation to Ankara in...
Number of Turks seeking asylum in EU saw 145 percent increase in 2022: Eurostat
There was a 145 percent increase in the number of asylum applications filed by Turkish nationals in EU countries in 2022, with 49,720 Turks...
60,000 Syrians return home in aftermath of February earthquakes
Some 60,000 Syrian refugees have returned home in the aftermath of massive earthquakes in southeastern Turkey, according to Turkish Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar,...
Hundreds of thousands lost their jobs in Turkey-Syria earthquake: UN
Hundreds of thousands of workers in Turkey and Syria have lost their livelihoods due to the earthquake, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it...
Turkey’s poor human rights record in 2022 detailed in Amnesty’s annual report
Amnesty International looked back at the human rights violations that took place in Turkey throughout 2022 in its annual report, released Monday, recounting ongoing human...
AKP-MHP bloc under fire for allying with radical Islamist HÜDA-PAR for elections
An election alliance that includes Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has drawn strong criticism for...
Erdoğan faces barrage of objections to his presidential candidacy
Several more opposition parties and members of the legal community have filed petitions with Turkey’s election authority against the candidacy of President Recep Tayyip...
4 candidates to run in Turkey’s presidential vote: election authority
Four candidates have qualified to run in Turkey’s presidential election to be held on May 14, according to a preliminary list announced by the...
ECtHR rules Greece should not remove 7 Turkish asylum seekers who fear pushback
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that seven Turkish asylum seekers –- including a child –- who crossed from Turkey to...
Peru police seize $20 milllion worth of cocaine headed for Turkey
Peruvian authorities said Monday they seized 2.3 tons of cocaine disguised as ceramic tiles destined for Turkey via a growing maritime route for illicit...
Three Turkish police officers have been arrested for allegedly beating a 14-year-old Kurdish boy during Nevruz celebrations in the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır,...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to release an employee of the pro-Kurdish Yeni Yaşam newspaper as well as all journalists, media workers...